MAGIC MOUNTAINS

Searching for an antidote to the stress of modern urban living? You'll find it by heading for the hills-and, more specifically, at any one of these five rare and rather special hotels.

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The 20th-century German novelist Thomas Mann set the events of his masterwork, The Magic Mountain, in a sanatorium high in the Swiss Alps. It was there his protagonists had journeyed to recover from ailments both physical and mental, their progress aided by quiet contemplation, the bracing air and views beyond the merely glorious. Even if you’re hale and hearty in body and mind, we reckon there’s nothing more restorative and soul-awakening than a sojourn among the mountains—and there are few places in which to do that better than in any one of these five wonderful hotels.

STORFJORD HOTEL 
NORWAY